Tie-plate.



C. D. YOUNG,

TIE PLATE. AP'PucAnon FILED JULY 6. 1915.

Patented Oct. 9

ATTORNEYS.

CHARLES D. YOUNG, 0F ALTOONA, PENNSYLV ZIP-PLATE.

the rail from creeping upon the ties; the,

provision of a tie-plate which serves to support the ends of a railunder a joint thereby making a more rigid rail connection; the provisionof a tie-plate which secures a pluralit-y of ties against relativemovement, thereby providing a more rigid road-bed or rail support,wherein the ties are prevented from creeping in the road-bed; theprovision .of a rigid, cheap and durable tie- -plate and anti-creepingdevice combined,

and such other objects as may hereinafter ap ear. One embodiment of theinvention an a modification thereof are shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tieplate showingit assembled to a rail; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tie-plate; Fig. 3is an enlarged section on the line IIIIII of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a planview of a portion of a modified form of tie-plate; and Fig. 5 is abottom plan view of a fish-plate used with the form of tie-plateshown'in Fig. 4.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the device consists of a plate 1preferably of suflicient length to rest upon four ties 2. Extendinglongitudinally along each side of the plate 1 are guide ridges 3 whichserve to hold the plate in proper alinement with respect to the rail,and when, the plate is in operative position, serve to prevent"transverse movement of the rail with respect to the plate. The plate isfurnished at proper intervals with perforations 4, Fig. 2,-

through which suitable spikes 5, Fig.1, are driven. to firmly secure thetie-plate 1 to the ties 2. The heads of the spikes 5 overlap the baseflange 6 of the rail 7 and thereby secure the rail to the tie-plate andthe tie-plate to the ties.

Adjacent the center of thetie-plate and ateach side of the longitudinalcenter of Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 191?.

Application filed July 6, 1915. Serial No. 38,273

see Fig. 1, for a reason to be hereinafter descrlbed.

The tie-plate is preferably secured to four ties, two of them being oneach side of a rail joint. The rail joint willthcn come directly overthe center of the rectangular holes 8 and the reinforcing webs 9, thetieplate thereby assisting the fish-plates, to be hereinafter described,in rigidly supporting the rail ends. The fish-plates 11- and 12 arebolted to the rail ends in the usual manner by means of bolts 13, andare provided with a flange 14 which extends beneath the base flange 6 ofthe rail, aiding in the support thereof. The flanges 14 of thefishplates are of such size that they will snugly fit into therectangular holes 8 in the tieplate when the rail is resting upon thetie-plate as shown in Figs. 1 and3. The

ends of the flanges 14 are tapered 'corresponding to the taper of theends of the holes 8 and when the rail is spiked downto the tie-plate bymeans of the spikes 5, the flanges 14 are securely seated in the holes 8with the tapered ends of the flanges engaging the tapered ends 10 oftheholes 8, thereby holding the fish-plates securely against relativelateral motion with respect to the tie-plate.

As four ties are securely held against relatlve motion with respect toeach other by means of the tie-plate, the tie-plate is thereforesecurely anchored against creeping in the road-bed 15 which is of theusual ballast formation. When .the fish-plates which serve as a stopmember are secured to the rail and then inserted in the holes 8, in thevt1e-plate and the rail and tie-plate spiked down, the rail is positivelyprevented from creeping in any direction. Any tendency of the rail tocreep longitudinally is resisted by the engagement of the ends of theflanges 14 with-the ends 10 of the holes 8, and any tendency of therails to creep transversely is resisted by the ridges 3 on the plate 1,engaging the base flange 6 of the rail, and also by the sides of theflanges 14 engaging the sides of the holes 8 in the tieplate.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, a modified form of tie-plate and fish-plateare shown. Fig. 4 shows the central portion of a tieplate 1 having holes8 to receive the flange 14 of a fish-plate 11, Fig. 5. In this form oftie-plate the edge of the hole adjacent the longitudinal center of theplate is curved as at 16 to receive the curved edge 17 of the fish-plateflange 14'. For all practical purposes the fish-plate 11 having a curvedflange 17 is as strong in the center, or point of greatest stress, asthe fish-plate 11 shown in the preferred form of the device. The flange14: of the fish-plate 11 is curved to reduce. the unnecessary material,thereby reducing the cost of the fish-plate. In all the tie-plate tosupport the rail and prevent other respects the fish-plate cooperateswith it from creeping, in the manner similar to that of the devicepreviously described.

It is obvious thatva number of changes may be made in details of theconstruction without departing from the spirit of the invention and theinvention is not limited I to the specific construction hereindescribed.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a railway rail having a tapered stop member, ofa tie-plate adapted to support the rail and provided with atapered'socket to receive the sto member, and means for drawing the railand the tie-plate together whereby the tapered portions of the stomember will engage the tapered walls 0 the socket for securing therailand the tie-plate against lateral movement.

2. A tie-plate for railway rails comprismg a plate adapted tobesupported by a plurality of spaced ties and provided with perforationsto receive a fish-plate carried by the rail, the said plate beingreinforced by webs adjacent the edes of the perforations adapted toproject firom the lower side of the plate between the ties.

3. A tie-plate for railway rails comprising a plate adapted to besupported by a plurality of spaced ties and provided with reinforcingwebs struck from the plate thereby leaving Eerforations into whichfishplates on the ra project to prevent relative mama lateral movementof the rail and the plate,

the said webs projecting downward between,

the spaced ties. I

4. The combination with a pair of abutting rails and a plurality of tiestherebeneath, of a tie-plate beneath the rails at the joint and securedto the ties and having a portion struck down to rovide a fish-platereceiving socket, and a sh-plate secured to the rails at the joint andhaving its lower portion extended around beneath the base of the railand fitting into said socket.

6. A tie plate for railway rails comprising a narrow plate adapted toconnect a plurality of ties and provided with a seat for the railsthroughout its entire length, and having portions of the seat on eachside of the longitudinal center thereof depressed to receive the loweredges of the fish plates to prevent relative lateral movement thereofwith respect to the tie plate, the said depressed portion lying beneaththe base of the rail.

7. A. tie plate for railway rails comprising a narrow plate adapted toconnect a plurality of ties and provided with a seat for the railthroughout its entire length, and having sockets in the seat on eachside of the longitudinal center thereof to receive the lower portions ofthe fish plates to prevent relative lateral movement thereof withrespect to the tie plate, the said sockets lying beneath the base of therail.

8. The combination with a rail, having fish plates provided withdownwardly extending tapered portions, of a tie plate for supporting therail provided with sockets having tapered sides .ada ted to engage thetapered portions of the sh plates and prevent relative lateral movementthereof with respect to the tie plates when the fish plates are drawninto engagement with the tie plates.

sh-plate secured to

